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howto:fidonet [2010/11/03 14:05] – Add link to TinyTIC HowTo jamehowto:fidonet [2019/05/30 23:20] – [See Also] Added links to BinkIt, SBBSecho, and TickIT digital man
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 ====== Join FidoNet ====== ====== Join FidoNet ======
  
-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidonet|Fidonet]], and Fidonet Technology Networks (FTN), are international amateur networks of computer systems. They often operate a public access [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system|BBS]] and all are connected via modem and/or via the Internet as well. +How To Join FidoNet (Step-by-Step) 
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 +  - If you are not already familiar with FidoNet/FTN systems, start by gaining a basic understanding of that and of your software. Download the POLICY4.ZIP document from a nearby FidoNet BBS, or from http://www.fidonet.org/policy4.txt. Read it thoroughly. Then read it again. Do the same with your software's documentation. You will also need a current copy of the Fidonet Nodelist. 
 +  - Set up Synchronet BBS. Make sure it operates correctly, to the best of your knowledge. 
 +  - Follow, to the letter, the procedure outlined in POLICY4 for joining Fidonet. The request **must**  come in as a Netmail message. This shows the NC that your system is indeed capable of exchanging mail:  the basic requirement for membership. Do NOT request a node number in a LOCAL message on your NC's system, it will only delay the process, and may even be simply ignored. 
 +  - Be patient. It may take up to 2 weeks for your request to be fully processed and appear in the Nodelist. Remember that your NC may not be able to contact you at all until your address becomes official. 
  
 The following are links to information about how to join Fidonet: The following are links to information about how to join Fidonet:
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   * http://www.z1.fidonet.org/how-to-join.html   * http://www.z1.fidonet.org/how-to-join.html
   * http://www.fidonet.org/joinfido.html   * http://www.fidonet.org/joinfido.html
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-==== Software ===== 
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-As SBBS does not include an FTN capable program, other programs will need to be added to your installation in order to add the capability.  The main one is a mailer, which is the program used to trasfer the echomail, netmail, and other files between systems. 
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-== BinkD == 
-An FTN/Fidonet capable mailer for Internet connections.  Open source, and available for MS Windows, Linux, and other systems.   See also the [[howto:binkd|BinkD HowTo]]. 
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-== TinyTIC == 
-This a simple TIC processor  that can work with BinkD and other mailers, and that was specifically developed to work with Synchronet.  See also the [[howto:tinytic|TinyTIC]] HowTo. 
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 ==== Glossary ===== ==== Glossary =====
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   * TIC - "TIC" is the standard file extension for the information file that is sent along with a file that is distributed in a File Echo.   * TIC - "TIC" is the standard file extension for the information file that is sent along with a file that is distributed in a File Echo.
   * Node - How a particular FTN/Fidonet system is referred to.   * Node - How a particular FTN/Fidonet system is referred to.
-  * Network Coordinator - Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a LOCAL segment of the nodelist for his/her NET, a NET may cover part or all of a city and or part of a country.+  * Network Coordinator (NC) - Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a LOCAL segment of the nodelist for his/her NET, a NET may cover part or all of a city and or part of a country.
   * Regional Coordinator: Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a REGIONAL segment of the nodelist for his/her REGION.   * Regional Coordinator: Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a REGIONAL segment of the nodelist for his/her REGION.
   * A REGION may cover an entire country or just a part of a country depending on it's size, the REGIONAL address is not obvious in the end node address.   * A REGION may cover an entire country or just a part of a country depending on it's size, the REGIONAL address is not obvious in the end node address.
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 +===== See Also =====
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 +  * [[:resource:fidonet_mailer|FidoNet Mailer Programs]]
 +  * [[:util:SBBSecho]] (FidoNet tosser, included with Synchronet)
 +  * [[:module:BinkIT]] (FidoNet mailer, included with Synchronet)
 +  * [[:module:TickIT]] (FidoNet TIC processor, included with Synchronet)
 +  * [[:howto:BinkD]] (FidoNet mailer, 3rd party, open source)
 +  * [[:howto:TinyTIC]] (FidoNet TIC processor, 3rd party, open source)
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